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Recommendations to prepare for future mega-disasters in Japan

? As part of Japan’s contribution to the international disaster relief operations, there is nostrategy that supports deployment of domestic experts with rich disaster responseexperience to overseas systematically. This prevents Japan from leveraging one of itsmajor strengths in its contribution to the international efforts. At the same time, veryfew attempts have been made in terms of learning and applying the methodologies usedby the international community to the domestic response.(3) In-depth analysis of the causes of the issues identified above? Engagement by the central Government of Japan in the human resource development ofdisaster-management professionals is weak.? This is linked to the provision of the Disaster Management Basic Act that defines localauthorities as the primary responders. Although it makes reference to the deploymentof the government staff from the Prefectural level during disasters, the law does notarticulate the engagement of the central Government in terms of human resourcedevelopment. Despite the fact that this is a key cross cutting issue, the law does notprovide details, except for a general clause stating that the central government shouldmake efforts with regards to the development and utilisation of human resources.? The Government’s Central Disaster Management Council established a committee ofexperts that looked at the human resource development issues and its report waspublished. The report has a value in the sense that it helped clarify Government’s basicstance on this matter and suggested a training programme. However, its actualimplementation is still largely left with the local authorities, and engagement by thecentral Government in this domain is still unclear.? Similarly, the central Government’s engagement in the utilisation of trained and qualifiedhuman resources is considered insufficient. Being a disaster prone country itself, Japancan and should share considerable amount of information with the internationalcommunity, including its experience during the GEJE. Thus, Japan’s human resourcedevelopment strategy should build on this perspective. Noting that internationalrelations are managed more directly at the national level than by the local authorities,the central Government’s engagement becomes critical, in order to ensure that theuseful information and experience are communicated most effectively.? The limited engagement of the central Government does not only hinder efforts fordeveloping the specialised expertise per se, but it also means lost opportunities forleveraging the Japanese human resource to make meaningful contributions to theinternational efforts.2. Recommended actionsBearing future large-scale natural disasters in mind, nurturing Japanese practitioners who arewell-versed in disaster relief is essential for guaranteeing rapid, coordinated and systematicresponse, including appropriate management of incoming international assistance, andensuring quality assistance for the affected populations. The Study Group therefore makes thefollowing recommendations related to promoting the development of human resources, whoare equipped with necessary knowledge and skills for disaster response in Japan and capable34